Egyptian Male Head, ex Moshe Dayan Collection, 200-225 AD
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Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Egyptian: Sculpture: Pre AD 1000: Item # 1458312
Directory: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Egyptian: Sculpture: Pre AD 1000: Item # 1458312
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Bernhard I. Muller, PhD
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Zurich, Switzerland
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Bernhard I. Muller, PhD
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Terracotta head of a slave or peasant with coarse and asymmetrical features.
The man shows a wide face, short chin, and small ears set at the level of the temples. The almond-shaped eyes are raised, one of them with slight outline of the eyelids. The knobby nose is very close to the full lips underneath.
The bald head is covered by a cloth cap.
The head belongs to a figure that is clad in a cape and holds a fluted staff decorated with a rosette.
For a figure from the same mold, cf. item no. 300, p. 48, pl. 52 (256) in: Evaristo Breccia. Terrecotte figurate greche e greco-egizie del Museo di Alessandria. Vol. 2. Bergamo 1934.
The design of the eyes is characteristic of the period from 200-225 AD.
Moldmade of two halves. Remains of white color in the cavities.
Terracotta
Egyptian, Roman Period, 200-225 AD
H. 4.1 cm (1.6 in)
H. with stand 8.6 cm (3.4 in)
Broken at the neck level. Fine condition. Flake on top of the head.
Ex collection of Moshe Dayan (1915-1981), Israel. Conveyed to his friend Ervin Harvith through the Tel Aviv Hilton Archaeological Shop in 30.12.1979. (purchase receipt joined)
The authenticity of the object is unconditionally guaranteed.
The man shows a wide face, short chin, and small ears set at the level of the temples. The almond-shaped eyes are raised, one of them with slight outline of the eyelids. The knobby nose is very close to the full lips underneath.
The bald head is covered by a cloth cap.
The head belongs to a figure that is clad in a cape and holds a fluted staff decorated with a rosette.
For a figure from the same mold, cf. item no. 300, p. 48, pl. 52 (256) in: Evaristo Breccia. Terrecotte figurate greche e greco-egizie del Museo di Alessandria. Vol. 2. Bergamo 1934.
The design of the eyes is characteristic of the period from 200-225 AD.
Moldmade of two halves. Remains of white color in the cavities.
Terracotta
Egyptian, Roman Period, 200-225 AD
H. 4.1 cm (1.6 in)
H. with stand 8.6 cm (3.4 in)
Broken at the neck level. Fine condition. Flake on top of the head.
Ex collection of Moshe Dayan (1915-1981), Israel. Conveyed to his friend Ervin Harvith through the Tel Aviv Hilton Archaeological Shop in 30.12.1979. (purchase receipt joined)
The authenticity of the object is unconditionally guaranteed.
